Skiing: Buffs wrap up weekend events

CU wins own invitational; second at DU meet

Buffzone.com

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01/13/2013 11:13:03 PM MST

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS & WINTER PARK -- The Colorado ski team used nine top seven finishes to earn a victory in its own Spencer James Nelson Memorial Invitational and jump up a spot to second place at the Denver Invitational Sunday.

The Buffs used another dominant performance in women's Nordic action to earn a 69.5 point victory in its own invitational, the Buffs first meet win since the 2011 NCAA Championships. CU finished the meet with an impressive 878 points with Denver taking second with 808.5. New Mexico finished third with 741.5 and Utah edged out Alaska Anchorage (732 to 717). Montana State was sixth with 637 points followed by associate members Westminster (259), Wyoming (101) and Colorado Mountain College (20) rounding out the team scoring.

On the men's side, Oedegaard finished in a time of 27:14.7, 10.9 seconds behind the race winner, Miles Havlick of Utah (27:03.8). Freshman Michael Vigers finished in 14th in a time of 28:35.5 while senior Ian Mallams was the Buffs third scorer in a time of 28:58.2, good for 18th. Sophomore Arnaud Du Pasquier finished 20th in 29:31.9 and freshman Charlie Von Thaden finished 25th in 30:03.6.

In alpine action, the men's team finished in succession between third and seventh places to counterbalance an off day from the women's team to move into second place in the meet. Junior Fletcher McDonald finished third, freshman Henrik Gunnarsson took fourth while senior Max Lamb took fifth and Andreas Haug sixth as the Buffs again proved they are a force in the slalom circuit.

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On the women's side, the Buffs were a little off par, other than freshman Thea Grosvold, who finished 12th in a time of 1:38.51, and freshman Brooke Wales, who was right behind her in 13th place in a time of 1:38.95.

Senior Khyla Burrows had a solid race, finishing 23rd after starting 43rd, moving up 20 spots on the strength of a great first run where she moved up to 26th. Freshman Clare Wise finished 29th in a time of 1:56.83, while sophomore Shane McLean didn't finish her second run and freshman Jessica Honkonen was disqualified in the second run after posting a top five finish in the first run.

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